Kill List

Synopsis

Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer Jay, is pressured by his partner Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again.

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BW Retrospective Before High-Rise Pt.2: Re-watching this, I noticed how meticulously constructed this is & if I wasn't people who, rather than atheist, don't know a religion itself very well, I would understand this movie's depth.

It's been a long time since I've seen a film that is paradoxically histrionic & incredibly boring. HEY WHEATLEY: SHOUTING AS LOUD AS YOU CAN, DOES NOT = GOOD OR EVEN BELIEVABLE ACTING, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THIS RUN ON SENTENCE. Don't understand why people give this guy props, his writing is terrible, directing is serviceable at best, he made the two worst series' of Ideal.

Dreadful. Someone had the brilliant idea to set a mumblecore horror movie in Sheffield - so not only does everyone speak with an accent, but the dialogue is so poorly mic'd that I had to turn on the subtitles just to follow it. We witness the life of a pasty, middle-aged hitman, writ in details both gruesome and mundane, until the filmmakers decide to plagiarize "The Wicker Man" for a truly head-scratching finale.

a total mindfu**k. loved it. brilliant tension-building. a highly successful exercise in genre-mixing. the choppy editing is masterful, IMO, because it contributed immensely to the jarring discomfort of the whole film. excellent work. I'll definitely be looking out for anything Ben Wheatley does again.

WOW!! Wheatley has crafted a tense, disturbing and ultra-violent character study that begins in fairly normal suburbia and slowly descends into the pits of hell much like the recent Red Riding trilogy. An outstanding achievement for such a small budget and my only gripe would be the nonsensical 'clincher' with a strong similarity to A Serbian Film. 4 stars

Interesting ideas squandered by lazy execution, the dialogue and plotting feel like the sort of rambling nonsense that would emerge if Mike Leigh possessed significantly less talent. There is a mysterious edge behind all the mumbly goings-on, but it's indecipherable nature doesn't feel compelling, just sloppy. Wading through the freak-infested darkness just ain't rewarding here. Watch THE WICKER MAN again instead.

A low budget piece of exploitation that takes itself so seriously, is so hilariously conceited in its construction it almost brainwashes the audience to believe that what they're watching is a serious, relevant art film from a talented writer/director. People really shouldn't confuse cheap "entertainment" (this one for example) with good filmmaking.

I have to admit I was absolutely bored out of my mind until the tunnel sequence. At that point, things kicked off and I was pretty into it, but even then it felt sort of like a video game and not even a little bit real (especially with the noises these people made). The editing was sort of a mess at times, and so was the music. I seem to be of a very unpopular opinion though, as all the buzz is extremely positive.